Is the Unitypoint Health - Meriter ER faster than average?

It is faster than 54% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 22mmedian time
in this ER

Unitypoint Health - Meriter ER wait time

Emergency room · Madison, WI

Faster than 54% of US ERs · #1,863 of 4,081

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6m faster than the US median

This ERWI 2h 16mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year47,579

202 S Park St, Madison, WI 53715

(608) 417-6210

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Unitypoint Health - Meriter in Madison, Wisconsin spend a median of 2 hours 22 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 6 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Wisconsin median of 2 hours 16 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Unitypoint Health - Meriter ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 22 minutes in the ER, from arrival to departure (CMS, Oct 2024 to Sep 2025). Half of patients spend longer.

Is that a long wait?

It's shorter than the US median of 2 hours 28 minutes. It's faster than 54% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number.

Where does this data come from?

From CMS Care Compare, measure OP-18b. How this works.

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